Grilling. Bird watching. Shopping. Whatever you do in your free time, there's an app for that. Here's a look at nine intriguing options to help you recharge.

Healthy body, healthy mind

Nothing tackles work stress better than a workout, which releases endorphins while making you healthier. The hardest part, though, is getting started and doing it right.

That's where £1.19 iFitness comes in - the most popular healthcare and fitness app on the App Store.

iFitness offers workout routines for weight loss, muscle building and strength building. There's even a business travel workout routine. You can log your workouts, as well as learn how to do exercises properly. Now hit the gym.

Photographers at play

Work often taxes the left brain while leaving the right brain to wallow. Many people use their downtime to flex the right brain with artistic endeavors such as photography.

The iPhone is great for helping amateur photographers improve their art form, which has led to a photography-specific category in the App Store.

One of the most fun apps, the £1.19 ColorSplash, lets you turn an existing photograph into a black-and-white one, and then splash color back into parts of the picture.

Grilling. Bird watching. Shopping. Whatever you do in your free time, there's an app for that. Here's a look at nine intriguing options to help you recharge.

Stressed out? jump on your bike

After a long work week, many folks hop on their bikes on a Saturday morning. Biking is not just exercise, but a chance to be outdoors on the open road.

Self sufficient. Going green. It's about as far from work as you can get in a matter of minutes - and, of course, the iPhone has an app for that. B.iCycle GPS, which costs £5.99, makes sure you don't get lost and tracks your distance, speed, hills climbed and even calories burned.

Smart snowboarders and ski bunnies

Most of us love the thrill of rippin flake and hitting a backside 180. Confused? Here's a snowboard jargon dictionary. But time off of work is rare, the ski lifts far away.

Ski & Snow Report, a free iPhone app, provides the latest ski reports of your favourite spots, showing base snow and new powder, weather forecasts and cams of runs.Sadly its only available in the US at the moment.

Grilling. Bird watching. Shopping. Whatever you do in your free time, there's an app for that. Here's a look at nine intriguing options to help you recharge.

Don't shop till you drop this Christmas

Shopping for Christmas presents isn't really a hobby. Most people hate wandering around the mall for hours, only to realise after they get home that they forgot to get a present for their brother-in-law's second cousin.

It's work downtime not-so-well spent. So before you head to the high-street, get Christmas Shopping List.

This 59p iPhone app tracks individuals on your Christmas list, as well as budgets and gifts. It also shows your total budget, current spending and remaining dollars. The only thing it doesn't track is who's been naughty or nice.